Best man eggs

[Sir Spankspeople]

So my go-to breakfast these days is as follows:

2 eggs poached medium
2 rashers of bacon (British style, not American or Canadian bacon more information here)
1 smallish tomato cut in half, fried (Kumato is my tomato of choice at the moment)

Sometimes I'll put down a small bed of arugula with a bit of balsamic vinegar.

Everything else gets a bit of sea salt and some freshly ground black pepper.

I've been finding that this is enough breakfast for me, and is quite a departure from my usual 3 fried eggs, 3 strips of fatty bacon, home fries, two slices toast, sausages meal.

Served with tea or coffee depending on how late I leave breakfast: Coffee first thing in the morning, tea if I've already have a coffee.

[Sir Spankspeople]

If anyone else feels like sharing breakfast suggestions, feel free.

[Rorschach]

That sounds pretty good. I approve of your choice of bacon. While I realise is will enrage the Patriotic sensibilities of a good many on here, I don't care much for streaky bacon. But I like to remove the fat and our bacon makes that easier.

Breakfast is a real conundrum for me as I'm rarely hungry in the morning, but Im a tubby fucker and I know skipping breakfast doesn't help. If I'm working, I usually have a cereal bar. If not, I'm usually too hungover to eat until lunchtime and so Irn Bru is my choice.

Although I have bagels today. Oy vey!

[Deacon]

Jury's out on the whole idea that if you don't get several hundred calories in the morning you'll gain weight concept. A couple months ago a study floater by my periphery where they found not much offerings between those who did and do not break their fast shortly after waking. What difference they did find was that those who did were eating more food than those who didn't.

My general preference are these scrambled eggs, combined with thick-cut applewood smoked "streaky" bacon cured in apple cider. I don't cut the fat off because I'm not a walking affront to all that is good in the world.

[Rorschach]

Jury's out on the whole idea that if you don't get several hundred calories in the morning you'll gain weight concept. A couple months ago a study floater by my periphery where they found not much offerings between those who did and do not break their fast shortly after waking. What difference they did find was that those who did were eating more food than those who didn't.

I'd agree with that. The odd time I stick to the 5:2 diet, the earlier I eat, the earlier I want to eat again. I'm specifically talking about skipping breakfast leading to eating rubbish mid-morning.

I'm not a walking affront to all that is good in the world.

Oh you are so. You're a monster.

Maybe streaky bacon fat crisps up more than ours. I don't want a mouthful of warm, salty, gelatinous goop. If I wanted that, I'd stay in bed.

[Sir Spankspeople]

Streaky bacon VS British bacon was a big argument between me and the missus at first, but the more time I spend over there the less I feel like I can deal with the extra salt and fat, so I've mostly made the switch. It's just really hard to find around here: Streaky bacon and Canadian bacon are everywhere, but neither is quite right.

What I'm getting now is labelled "Wiltshire Rashers' so I suspect the curing recipe I linked might come out similar.

[Deacon]

Which is your preference, Spanks, and which are you getting used to? "Streaky bacon" is what foreigners call bacon, right? Like real bacon?

WTF YouTube tags? I guess since I'm not allowed to edit my own post I'll try it again. Better?

My general preference are these scrambled eggs, combined with thick-cut applewood smoked "streaky" bacon cured in apple cider. I don't cut the fat off because I'm not a walking affront to all that is good in the world.

[Cyberliger777]

Jury's out on the whole idea that if you don't get several hundred calories in the morning you'll gain weight concept. A couple months ago a study floater by my periphery where they found not much offerings between those who did and do not break their fast shortly after waking. What difference they did find was that those who did were eating more food than those who didn't.

From what I have read on the subject, it is better to eat close to first thing in the morning. When your body detects that it is receiving nutrients right after waking, it knows that food is not scarce and thus starts your metabolism working. This makes it so you are digesting the food just consumed and burning the fat that is already in your body. When you do not eat right after waking, your body believes food may be hard to find and keeps your metabolism at a slow pace to preserve the fat on your body.

[Deacon]

Yeah that's been the allegation for a while. So far it doesn't seem the evidence supports it, or at least any effects are not enough to offset the additional calories.

[Rorschach]

I love that Gordon Ramsay asks new chefs to make scrambled eggs in the assumption that if you can do simple things well, it's a good indication that you're competent with more complicated things. I've seen the same done with triallist chefs and salads.

That breakfast looks delicious and I am definitely going to make it. I guess the trick is to get the feeling of a cooked breakfast without having half a dozen fried meat items, served in a fried frying pan and topped with oil, as is so often the case. I like baked beans on toast for that reason occasionally.

[Deacon]

Baked beans for breakfast was one of the more notable oddities for me when it comes to a British breakfast. It's fine, I guess, but both the particular flavor and the whole notion of it was unfamiliar.

PS While there's some ability to judge competence in the kitchen from something relatively simple, I assume it probably is more of an indicator of incompetence if you can't do it with casual ease than a be-all endorsement of you can. Not really sure. Maybe Spanks has some insight.

[JermCool]

If I have the gumption, I will cook fresh-grated hash browns, streaky bacon (to get rasher bacon here requires a trip several miles from home to an over-priced shop that caters to Brits and colonialists), two eggs sunny-side up for the wife (or as she calls them, "cooked"), and two eggs over-easy for myself. That's only if I've had a sleep-in. My average morning consists of a granola bar.

[Rorschach]

I have long admired the various American ways in which eggs can be cooked. Sunny-side up? Over-easy? Being able to judge how well done a poached egg is? I am awed. If I manage to keep the thing in the pan and in one piece, I feel like Jamie Oliver. Although obviously far less of a cunt.

[Deacon]

I've never thought of them as "American ways" to cook an egg. I just assumed it was universal. No?

[raptor9k]

I think the better argument to eating breakfast over not eating breakfast would be to front load your calorie intake to give your body plenty of time to burn it off before you go to sleep. The fact that you eat breakfast vs skipping shouldn't change your target calorie intake assuming you're wanting to lose weight. The main reason I've gained weight in life is huge evening meals, packed with carbs, and no exercise. Eat the bulk of your calories between breakfast and lunch, then have a light dinner. I try not to eat carbs after 2-3pm. Added bonus, I find I'm less irritable/more cognitively engaged when I eat breakfast.

My usual breakfast is 1/2 cup (measured uncooked) steel cut oats with butter and salt to taste. Sometimes I add craisins/walnuts/almonds/sausage depending on what's available and that day's meal plan. On the weekends I tend to eat more scrambled, boiled, or occasionally fried over hard eggs. And a piece of toast or the odd bit of turkey sausage and I'm set.